I remember listening to a podcast where Odell had NVK and the CEO of ledger debating each other about wallet security. It got a little heated. It was a really long time ago so forgive me if the details aren’t completely accurate. I remember the ceo of ledger arguing that they’ve been around long enough that they deserve more trust for not having any issues. Of course NVK was being his normal arrogant self.

But the one thing I can’t stop thinking about is actually what Odell said. This is a paraphrase but he said something along the lines of, if the code isn’t open source then I can’t verify it. The irony of such a statement from someone who couldn’t even verify the code from his own company.

If coldcard code was closed source, AI probably wouldn’t have been able to find the bug and exploit it. Wouldn’t that mean if ledger has a vulnerability, it would be harder for someone to find it? Does anyone know if more exploits happen on Apple vs Android products?

I’m still all about open source but it’s not the end all for me like it used to be.